Damon Brody was born May 31st, 2010. Six weeks early from his supposed due date of July 13th. He came into this world a whole 5 lb. 9 oz. and 19 inches long. My water broke at about 8 pm Sunday May 30th, and he was born at 4:08 am Memorial Day. Brody and I worked great together with the help of Dad cheering us on. My Mom was able to come to the hospital which was a great support as well as my brother in law who happen to be working there that night.
It was actually a very stressful labor and delivery. Because he was so unexpectedly early, both my Doctor and Doula Danelle were out of town for the holiday. I was also taken by surprise that the hospital I had chosen wouldn't delivery my Brody because he was so early and didn't have the equipment they would need if something were to go wrong. Only hours before he was born, I had to start from scratch to find a hospital to go to and hope I had a good Doctor. If only I could have been so lucky. I am grateful that my labor was short and that I bore a healthy baby boy. It would have been a greater, more amazing experience if I had different staff members that made things less stressful. The hospital experience was the worst thing I have every encountered but I was able to stick to my guns and basically ignore them and push him out with out any drugs or cuts. I'm not saying it didn't hurt, but I knew none of the pain I was feeling was going to matter in an hour and that it was almost over. I pushed for 20 min; crowning for about 5 min before he was out. What amazing bodies we have. I don't want to get into much detail about the hospital stay because it's not a pleasant story, I'll be happy to tell you if you want to hear about it. He was placed in the NICU for 8 days before we took him home. It has been wonderful having him here. He is such a great blessing and I am glad the Lord thinks I'm qualified for this Job :-D
